Plant Zea mays (Poaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Corn

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
OCTAN-1-OL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-OL	0	Essential Oil	not available	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-OL	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	12000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-OL	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-OL	0	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-ONE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-ONE	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-ONE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	3470.0	14435.0	-0.86	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ORIENTIN	4	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Fruit	not available	99.0	-0.30	Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Seed	4.0	46.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Shoot	not available	1.0	-0.71	Jim Duke's personal files.
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE	4	Cob	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-VINYL-GUAIACOL	0	Husk Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	1710.0	7114.0	-0.55	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Silk Stigma Style	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiasthmatic	13	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatheromic	1	Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic	17	Duke, 1992 *
Antiautistic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antibacillus	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	45	Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibradiquinic	1	Fitoterapia No.61: 277, 1990.
Antibronchitic	4	Martindale's 28th
Antibrucellosic	1	Gawron, A., Gorski, G., Glowniak*, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.
Anticancer	15	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	3	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	2	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Anticancer (Colon)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer (Forestomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Kidney)	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.